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Tips: Freeing space to optimize your smartphone's performance

Try to maintain at least 10 MB of available application storage on your BlackBerry smartphone. If you find that your smartphone processes are unusually slow, try any of the following:

Close any apps you're not using.

Press and hold the

key until the application switcher

 

appears. Click an application icon. Press the

key >

 

Close or Exit.

 

 

 

 

Check how much free application storage you have.

On the home screen or in a folder, click the Options icon.

 

Click Device > Storage.

 

 

Identify and delete applications and themes you don't need.

On the home screen or in a folder, click the Options icon. Click Device > Application Management. To view the details about your smartphone's memory and CPU usage, slide your finger on the trackpad right or left. To delete an application or theme, click an item. Click Delete.

Delete languages you don't use.

On the home screen or in a folder, click the Setup icon. Click Languages and Input Methods.

Delete browsing history and clear the cache.

On the home screen, click the Browser icon. Press the

 

key > Options. Go to the Clear Browsing Data

 

section.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Delete messages.

Highlight a message. Press and hold the

key. On the

 

trackpad, slide your finger up or down. Release the

 

key. Press the

key > Delete Messages.

 

 

Or, highlight a date. Press the

key > Delete Prior.

 

 

Reduce the amount of time that your smartphone stores

On the home screen, click the Messages icon or Calendar

email messages and calendar entries.

icon. Press the

key > Options.

 

 

 

 

Stop storing sent messages on your smartphone.

On the home screen, click the Messages icon. Press the

 

key > Options > Email Preferences.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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